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Silene banksia is a perennial herb in the pink family, known as Chinese lychnis, grown for its pink flowers in northeast Asia. It is a domesticated cultigen with no known wild populations, and is hardy and easy in temperate gardens with good drainage.
Silene banksia (syn. Silene sieboldii) is a species of flowering plant in the family Caryophyllaceae. It is native to southeastern Siberia, most of China, and North Korea, and it has been introduced to Mongolia and Japan. The species goes by the common names Chinese lychnis and jian chun luo. It is a cultigen, domesticated in northeast Asia (almost certainly in China) at some time on the distant past. No wild individuals are known.
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Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
